LENOX Tools is an American brand of
hand tools
A hand tool is any tool that is powered by hand rather than a motor. Categories of hand tools include wrenches, pliers, cutters, files, striking tools, struck or hammered tools, screwdrivers, vises, clamps, snips, hacksaws, drills, an ...
, power tool accessories, and industrial
band saw
A bandsaw (also written band saw) is a power saw with a long, sharp blade consisting of a continuous band of toothed metal stretched between two or more wheels to cut material. They are used principally in woodworking, metalworking, and lumb ...
blades. It largely produces
saws
A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, wire, or chain with a hard toothed edge used to cut through material. Various terms are used to describe toothed and abrasive saws.
Saws began as serrated materials, and when mankind learned how to ...
,
saw blades,
utility knives,
snips, and other
cutting tools
Cutting is the separation or opening of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force.
Implements commonly used for cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scalpel and m ...
.
The brand was founded in 1915 as the "American Saw and Manufacturing Company" by ten employees to produce
hacksaw
A hacksaw is a fine-toothed saw, originally and mainly made for cutting metal. The equivalent saw for cutting wood is usually called a bow saw.
Most hacksaws are hand saws with a C-shaped walking frame that holds a blade under tension. Suc ...
blades. In 2003, American Saw was acquired by
Newell Rubbermaid
Newell Brands Inc. is an American manufacturer, marketer and distributor of consumer and commercial products. The company's brands and products include Rubbermaid storage/or waste disposal containers; home organization and reusable container ...
. In 2017,
Stanley Black & Decker
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., formerly known as The Stanley Works, is a ''Fortune'' 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware, and a provider of security products. Headquartered in the Greater Hartford city of Ne ...
purchased the tools business of Newell Brands, including Lenox.
Gallery
Image:Lenox utility knife.jpg, A Lenox utility knife
A utility knife is any type of knife used for general manual work purposes.Peterson, Harold L., ''Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World'', London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., , p. 1 Such knives were originally fixed-blade knives with dur ...
.
See also
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Lenox Industrial Tools 301—A
NASCAR
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race formerly sponsored by the company.
References
External links
Lenox Industrial Tools web site
Tool manufacturing companies of the United States
Manufacturing companies based in Massachusetts
Manufacturing companies established in 1915
1915 establishments in Massachusetts
Newell Brands
Stanley Black & Decker brands
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